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25 Feb 19
Umbrella groups have expressed dismay deprivation has not been included in the fair funding formula.
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19 Feb 19
Local authorities will be given £13m to renovate and restore parks and green spaces, the communities secretary has announced.
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15 Jan 19
More than 50 councils will benefit from a £2.4m pot to crack down on rogue landlords, housing minister Heather Wheeler has announced.
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15 Jan 19
The government must improve its oversight of governance in local authorities as they struggle with increased financial and demand pressure, England’s spending watchdog has urged.
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10 Jan 19
Local government workers whose jobs have been outsourced will remain in the Local Government Pension Scheme, under proposals announced today.
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2 Jan 19
The communities secretary has warned that councils must be given more money to plan for a no-deal Brexit.
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30 Nov 18
Northamptonshire County Council will be on a “more sustainable financial footing” after using capital receipts to balance its budget this year, the government has said.
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30 Nov 18
Local government that can only afford to deliver its statutory duties cannot be sustainable for long, says LGIU’s Jonathan Carr-West.
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29 Nov 18
James Brokenshire has stepped in after government-appointed commissioners concluded Northamptonshire County Council was looking at the possibility of having to set an unbalanced budget this year.
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15 Nov 18
Social care was the largest area of increased expenditure for local authorities in the last financial year, government figures have revealed.
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22 Oct 18
The government will tighten rules in local government to prevent people found guilty of serious crimes from standing for office.
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27 Sep 18
Theresa May has pledged to hand £2bn to housing associations over the course of seven years from 2022. Jeremy Earnshaw, chief financial officer at housing association Your Housing Group, writes about...
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24 Sep 18
Northamptonshire’s police and crime commissioner has waded into the discussions over the reorganisation of local government in the county.
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21 Aug 18
Allowing councils to buy agricultural land at ‘fair market value’ could ease the housing crisis, housing groups and think-tanks have said.
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27 Jul 18
The government will give local enterprise partnerships a £20m injection to supercharge economic growth, it has been announced.
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4 Jul 18
Central government will not financially abandon local authorities – even as grants are phased out in favour of business rate revenue, local government minister Rishi Sunak has promised PF.
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20 Jun 18
The government has launched its promised consultation on banning combustible cladding on the exteriors of high-rise residential buildings, the housing secretary has announced.
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11 Jun 18
Ending homelessness could reap the government a £16bn windfall within a decade, according to a leading charity.
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30 Apr 18
James Brokenshire had replaced Sajid Javid as housing, communities and local government secretary after Javid was appointed home secretary following Amber Rudd's resignation, the government has...
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20 Apr 18
Councils need beefed up powers allowing them to confiscate properties from rogue landlords, a group of MPs has urged.
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17 Apr 18
Andrew Hudson has been appointed to lead the review of the business rates system by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
25 Feb 19Umbrella groups have expressed dismay deprivation has not been included in the fair funding formula.
19 Feb 19Local authorities will be given £13m to renovate and restore parks and green spaces, the communities secretary has announced.
15 Jan 19More than 50 councils will benefit from a £2.4m pot to crack down on rogue landlords, housing minister Heather Wheeler has announced.
15 Jan 19The government must improve its oversight of governance in local authorities as they struggle with increased financial and demand pressure, England’s spending watchdog has urged.
10 Jan 19Local government workers whose jobs have been outsourced will remain in the Local Government Pension Scheme, under proposals announced today.
2 Jan 19The communities secretary has warned that councils must be given more money to plan for a no-deal Brexit.
30 Nov 18Northamptonshire County Council will be on a “more sustainable financial footing” after using capital receipts to balance its budget this year, the government has said.
30 Nov 18Local government that can only afford to deliver its statutory duties cannot be sustainable for long, says LGIU’s Jonathan Carr-West.
29 Nov 18James Brokenshire has stepped in after government-appointed commissioners concluded Northamptonshire County Council was looking at the possibility of having to set an unbalanced budget this year.
15 Nov 18Social care was the largest area of increased expenditure for local authorities in the last financial year, government figures have revealed.
22 Oct 18The government will tighten rules in local government to prevent people found guilty of serious crimes from standing for office.
27 Sep 18Theresa May has pledged to hand £2bn to housing associations over the course of seven years from 2022. Jeremy Earnshaw, chief financial officer at housing association Your Housing Group, writes about...
21 Aug 18Allowing councils to buy agricultural land at ‘fair market value’ could ease the housing crisis, housing groups and think-tanks have said.
27 Jul 18The government will give local enterprise partnerships a £20m injection to supercharge economic growth, it has been announced.
4 Jul 18Central government will not financially abandon local authorities – even as grants are phased out in favour of business rate revenue, local government minister Rishi Sunak has promised PF.
20 Jun 18The government has launched its promised consultation on banning combustible cladding on the exteriors of high-rise residential buildings, the housing secretary has announced.
11 Jun 18Ending homelessness could reap the government a £16bn windfall within a decade, according to a leading charity.
20 Apr 18Councils need beefed up powers allowing them to confiscate properties from rogue landlords, a group of MPs has urged.
17 Apr 18Andrew Hudson has been appointed to lead the review of the business rates system by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
